Cigaritis nilus
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Cigaritis nilus, the Saharan silverline, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, northern and eastern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, southern Sudan, Uganda and northern Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of sub-deserts and deserts, the Sahel, Sudan savanna and Guinea savanna.
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- ^ Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Aphnaeini (part 2)
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